Director of Engineering

Aegis Worldwide; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aegis Worldwide is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead major capital projects across multiple food manufacturing sites. You will drive concept through handoff, manage CapEx programs, and partner with Operations and Maintenance to ensure reliable production startups.

Responsibilities include developing scopes and budgets, ROI analyses, and execution plans, while building high-performing engineering teams and setting site-wide standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• Significant engineering leadership experience in food manufacturing, food processing, food packaging, consumer packaged goods, or a comparable high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience managing CapEx programs and large-scale capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading plant expansions, facility expansions, and production-capacity projects.
• Proven experience with equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and production ramp-up.
• Experience leading engineering organizations across multiple manufacturing or packaging sites.

Responsibilities

• Lead capital projects from concept to handoff and ROI analyses.
• Manage plant expansions and capacity improvements across multiple sites.
• Oversee equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and startup.
• Drive throughput, OEE, yield, and cost improvements.
• Develop scopes, budgets, schedules, and execution plans.
• Establish engineering standards and site-wide processes.
• Mentor and develop site engineering teams.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, OSHA, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Engineering leadership

CapEx management

Plant expansions

Equipment startup

Multi-site leadership

ROI analysis

Regulatory compliance

Budgeting & planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical discipline

Job description

• Lead major capital projects from concept and feasibility through design, procurement, installation, commissioning, startup, and operational handoff.
• Manage plant expansions, production-line additions, facility upgrades, and capacity expansion projects.
• Lead the selection, procurement, installation, commissioning, and startup of new manufacturing, processing, and packaging equipment.
• Drive successful equipment and production-line startups, including troubleshooting, performance optimization, and production ramp-up.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, schedules, ROI analyses, and execution plans.
• Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives focused on throughput, OEE, yield, labor efficiency, reliability, quality, waste reduction, and cost.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation, process optimization, equipment modernization, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Partner with Operations and Maintenance to improve equipment reliability and ensure successful transition of new assets into production.
• Establish engineering standards, project management processes, equipment specifications, and best practices across multiple facilities.
• Build, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering teams and site-level engineering leaders.
• Manage relationships with equipment manufacturers, contractors, integrators, consultants, and engineering firms.
• Ensure projects and engineering activities comply with applicable food safety, OSHA, environmental, electrical, building, and other regulatory requirements.
• Develop long-term engineering, facility, capacity, and capital strategies in support of business growth.
• Present capital plans, project status, financial performance, ROI, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Significant engineering leadership experience in food manufacturing, food processing, food packaging, consumer packaged goods, or a comparable high-volume manufacturing environment.
• Proven experience managing CapEx programs and large-scale capital projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading plant expansions, facility expansions, and production-capacity projects.
• Proven experience with equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and production ramp-up.
• Experience leading engineering organizations across multiple manufacturing or packaging sites.